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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to: Miranda Waldron of the Centre for Imaging & Analysis, University of Cape Town, South Africa for assisting with SEM & EDS analyses. Central Research Laboratories, University of Ilorin, Nigeria for assisting in aqueous metal analyses by AAS. Hydro & Electrometallurgy Department of the CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar-751013, India for their benevolence in supplying the D2EHPA extractant used in this study.